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.223 extended magazine

If I were looking into a new Savage or Stevens in .223, is there a way to get a magazine that will hold more that 4 rounds? It doesn&#39;t matter if it&#39;s a blind mag., or a detachable mag., just as long as I could get at least 5 rounds in it.

Re: .223 extended magazine

DWM,

Thanks for your reply. Yeah....from everything I&#39;ve looked at I couldn&#39;t see anything that would give me more than 4 rounds in .223. For the 22-250 and up...seems like I can get 100 round drum magazines!!!!

Re: .223 extended magazine

Thanks guys.

I&#39;m actually asking this question for a gun club buddy of mine. He wants to get into one of the local club&#39;s NRA sanctioned shoots.....but I believe the rules are, if your shooting a bolt action, you cannot have one in the chamber when at the firing line. I think your bolt must be open....and then once your "commence fire" command is given, you only have so much time to shoot 5 rounds.

Now, it may sound dumb, but once your in "position" you really don&#39;t want to move all about to load that final round.

Hey....he&#39;s telling me if it don&#39;t hold at least 5, then he&#39;s simply not interested in the rifle.

Re: .223 extended magazine

The magazine holds 5. You can&#39;t chamber a round in a blind mag rifle and then top off the mag without ejecting the round in the chamber. Once you close the bolt it strips the top round from the mag and you have 4 in the mag and one in the tube.